perennialization

English

Etymology

perennialize +‎ -ation

Noun

perennialization (uncountable)

1. (agriculture) The conversion of a plant from an annual to a perennial
   • 2009 January 5, Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry, “A 50-Year Farm Bill”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In fact, research in Canada, Australia, China and the United States over the last 30 years suggests that perennialization of the major grain crops like wheat, rice, sorghum and sunflowers can be developed in the foreseeable future.